From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RY2ht-0008S2-4z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:37:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6A6A21C1D7; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 21:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B48621C0A5 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 21:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenm3 with SMTP id m3so1591489yen.40 for ; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:35:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=hYIx3YbGgn8UQ8/wrhiQOmR5XFG4nV8Hbg/acyl7m+Y=; b=cspUAhKhcHXbAqFIE3JxL6VQgETq5wVVSTm1G23gBKhif7JKeGLWlRHBBr6/kEMuWb 5h2Zg84pox6KZ2925z8ynl2Dbld9RrPsLO/W6srp71txNRXwpqvjiM7JZJuXYIqlNCfs Jlp8VaxP0+d8qGZES3YUUUFC/3l5/nNe2CCho= Received: by 10.236.190.130 with SMTP id e2mr22321583yhn.107.1323207306848; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:35:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaurahari.merseine.nu (c-24-99-240-138.hsd1.ga.comcast.net. [24.99.240.138]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x17sm64295935anj.18.2011.12.06.13.35.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:35:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:35:02 -0500 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse Message-ID: <20111206213502.GA30374@gaurahari.merseine.nu> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 48e4cdee-8779-4896-9b33-72a789964706 X-Archives-Hash: 1e0a0d8c88ea664709f96b1e1b11f358 On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 12:00:03PM +0100, LinuxIsOne wrote: >=20 > However, Getoo could be great (I really don't know) but installing > Ubuntu is working like a charm (I still don't know anything in Linux!) > But I don't know why the creators of Gentoo made it so difficult for > beginners! It is typical then.... > I don't know why the creators of Gentoo made it so difficult for > beginners! It is typical then.... Whaddayatawkinbout, gentoo is more than great, it's awesome! Gentoo isn't intended for beginners, and makes no claims about "user friendliness" of which I'm aware. Generally speaking, making things "user friendly" entails adding more layers of abstraction. It's nice for those who don't want to study to learn how to use their computer, but it's not going to give the best performance. Security is also frequently impacted to some degree. Were it otherwise, there might be fewer "geeky" distros and more "easy" ones. :) There's nothig wrong with using Ubuntu though - I tend to recommend Linux Mint over Ubuntu for eginner or non-technical users. Opensuse is just a mess everytime I try it (admittedly, more than a year = has passed so maybe it's killer now). Good luck and enjoy your adventures in OSes. :) --=20 caveat utilitor =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2= =9D=A4=20